Hunter fined as province proposes tougher penalties

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Nathaniel Byron Hiebert pleaded guilty in Steinbach court Thursday to four offences under the Manitoba Wildlife Act. Hiebert was ordered to pay $3,122 and is banned from hunting for a year on the day the province announced it is putting forward a plan to have people taking wildlife illegally pay even more.

Hiebert admitted that on Oct. 20 and 23 of last year he shot at deer on a public road near Sundown. Hiebert told court that on the 20th he shot his rifle after an unsuccessful week-long hunt with a bow. He returned to the area with a friend and illegally shot on the road again. That time he also entered private property without permission and illegally bagged a white-tailed deer. Hiebert told Natural Resource officers and Steinbach RCMP about the Oct. 20 incident when caught for the illegal hunting on the 23rd, earning leniency for his honesty from the Crown and Judge Ray Wyant. The maximum penalty is a $10,000 fine and six months in jail. The one-year hunting ban is the mandatory minimum.

The province announced Thursday that it is putting forward a bill to take more money for restitution from hunters caught with illegally caught fish and game. The proposed amount for a white tailed deer is $500-4,000, doubling in areas closed to hunting. The province’s plan is to implement the new costs early next year after further consultation.

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